Charity News from Friday, Jun. 29, 2001Seventy-Year-Old Runner Pledges to Run Seven Marathons in Seven Months for Seven CharitiesAlzheimer's Association | To celebrate his 70th birthday, Hal Higdon, a senior writer for Runner's World Magazine, plans to run seven marathons in seven months. Higdon will donate the money raised through the World Veterans Championships marathon to the Alzheimer's ... Maryland Girl to be Honored as This Year's National Kind Kid to Animals American Humane Association | On Friday, June 29, the American Humane Association (AHA) will honor 12-year Shannon Watt of Hampstead, MD, as the winner of the 2001 Be Kind To Animals Kid Contest. American Humane selected Shannon for this honor, which includes a $10,000 award,... American Jewish Committee Condemns Edict to Assassinate Children of Abraham Author American Jewish Committee | The American Jewish Committee is condemning the call by a Muslim cleric to assassinate the author of a book intended to advance Muslim-Jewish understanding. Duran's book, Children of Abraham: An Introduction to Islam for Jews, is part of a two-... Government Fails Sharks The Ocean Conservancy | The Ocean Wildlife Campaign (OWC) today expressed outrage at the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announcement that fishing in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico for sandbar, blacktip, tiger, hammerhead and other large coastal sharks will ... Sea of blankets marks symbolic return of land to Aboriginals Mennonite Central Committee | -- An estimated 1,000 blankets were spread across the Supreme Court lawn here on June 21 to mark National Aboriginal Day and the symbolic return of land to North American First Nations people. Among the riders were representatives of Mennonite ... World Concern Appoints New Director of Relief World Concern | SEATTLE, WA - Effective July 1, 2001, Mr. Kelly Miller, World Concern's Director of Corporate Services, will add Relief Director to his title. In addition to overseeing operations, marketing and gift-in-kind procurement for World Concern Supply ... $2 Million Gift Supports Parkinson's Research at Duke Duke University Medical Center | Charles C. Roberts of DeKalb, Ill., and family are giving $2 million to support Parkinson's disease research at Duke University Medical Center, Duke President Nannerl O. Keohane announced today. New "Startle" Study at Yale is Examining Impact of PMS on the Body's Startle Reflex Yale School of Medicine | To help improve treatment for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and the more serious premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), researchers at Yale are examining the body's emotional and physiological responses across the menstrual cycle.
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